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Read to Me Corner
Room 136
Picture Book Reading and Storytelling
All Ages |
Busy Bookworms
Room 135
Workshops and Hands-on Activities
Pre-K - 6th Grade |
Demonstration Workshops
Room 171
Cooking and Sharing
All Ages |
Tween Time
Room 167
**TAKE NOTE OF TIMES**
Presentations, Book-Talks and Workshops
Ages 10 -14 |
Just for Teens
and Adults
Room 244
Panel Discussions with the Authors
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Presentation
Place 1
Room 140
Presentations and Discussions:
All Ages |
Presentation
Place 2
(as needed)
Room 144
Presentations and Discussions
All Ages |
| 10:00-11:00 |
Opening Ceremonies |
| 11:00-11:30 |
Colleen Paratore
*26 Big Things Small Hands Can Do
*Catching the Sun
Ages 3-7 |
Deborah Freedman "Scribbling with Deborah Freedman"
Pre-K - 3rd Grade |
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Jimmy Preller *11:00 - 11:45
"Where Do Ideas Come From?"
Presentations on Jigsaw Jones and Six Innings
All Ages
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"The Creative Process: From Draft to Publication"
Daphne Grab, Rebecca Stead, Jo Knowles, Carolyn MacCullough, Sarah Darer-Littman |
Anita Sanchez "The Teeth of the Lion: Dandelions!"
Everything (and more) you ever wanted to know about dandelions
All Ages |
Fran Manushkin
Writing for your Life: Using Your Family Stories in Picture Books
All Ages |
| 11:30-12:00 |
Lisa LaMonica
*You and Me As Big As the Sea
Grades 2nd - 5th |
Jeannine Atkins "Tell Me the Details"
A writing exercise about person and place
3rd - 6th Grade |
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Kathleen Kudlinski "Poor, Poor Pluto"
The story of poor little Pluto, the planet that was voted out of the planet club.
K - 6th Grade |
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| 12:00-12:30 |
Daniel Baxter
*Mama's Kisses
Ages 3-6 |
Barbara Lehman
Comic Drawing Workshop
Pre-K - 6th Grade |
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Jennifer Roy
*11:45- 12:15
Yellow Star Power Point and workshop on the writing process
Ages 13+ |
"Female Characters by Female Writers: Finding Your Voice"
Ellen Jensen Abbott, Lisa Greenwald, Danielle Joseph |
A.C.E. Bauer "How Many Times Did You Write That Book?"From first draft to publication - from writer to author
6th - 8th Grade |
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| 12:30-1:00 |
Sylvie Kantorovitz
*Go To Bed Monster!
*I Love You, Mister Bear
*Loose Tooth
Ages 2-10 |
Nancy Castaldo "Moonscapes"
Workshop on drawing moonscapes
Grades K-8 |
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Lyn Miller Lachmann 12:15-12:45
"Living History: The process of writing a historical novel"
Ages 13 + |
Karen Magnuson Beil "Writing About Family: As Easy As 1, 2, 3" How to capture family stories to save forever
All Ages |
Hudson Talbott & Frank Cuthbert
Music for River of Dreams
All Ages |
| 1:00-1:30 |
Deborah Freedman
*Scribble
Ages 3-8
Michelle Knudsen
*Library Lion
Ages 4-7 |
Anita Sanchez "Words From the Past"
Document-based reseach - Fun?
3rd - 6th Grade |
Matthew Locricchio
Recipe Demonstrations from both The International Cookbook For Kids and The 2nd International Cookbook for Kids |
Colleen Paratore *1:00 - 1:45
A Presentation on her "tween" books for boys and girls
Ages 9-13 |
"Keeping Kids Reading: From Reluctant Reader to Author"
Lauren Barnholdt, Stacy DeKeyser, Eric Luper, Peter Marino, Jimmy Preller |
Marguerite Davol "The Paper Dragon" was first created as a story to tell. Davol will discuss how the oral tale can become the written book. All Ages |
Michael Northrop "Editing Your Own Writing"
All Ages |
| 1:30-2:00 |
Emily Arnold McCully
*Mirette on the High Wire
Ages 4-12 |
Daniel Baxter "Drawing Mama's Kiss"
Pre-K - 2nd Grade |
Laurie Calkhoven "Harriet Tubman's Fight for Freedom" Focus on Tubman's time in NY & Underground Railroad sites
6th - 8th Grade |
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| 2:00-2:30 |
Daniel J. Mahoney
*The Saturday Escape
Ages 4-8 |
Catherine Urbain "Creating Cool Characters We Care About"
Character-based writing workshop
3rd - 6th Grade |
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Charles R. Smith
*1:45 - 2:30
A Presentation on his sports oriented literature
All Ages
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"First Amendment 'Writes'. How Far Is Too Far in YA Literature?"
Michael Northrop, Amanda Marrone, MaryRose Wood |
Rose Kent
"You Gotta Believe: How Stories Save us From Gloom & Doom" - The power of sharing stories to get through life's ups and downs
All Ages |
David C. King "Telling the True Story of the American Indian History"
6th - 8th Grade |
| 2:30-3:00 |
Wendy Wax
*City Witch, Country Switch
Ages 4-7 |
Emily Arnold McCully
Illustration Workshop
Pre-K - 6th Grade |
Nancy Castaldo
Cooking Activity
“Make Your Own Pizza” with Nancy Castaldo while reading Pizza for the Queen
All Ages |
Carolyn MacCullough 2:30 - 3:00
"Creating Believable Characters: A Creative Writing Workshop"
Ages 9-13 |
Doreen Rappaport "A Day in the Life of a Writer"
All Ages |
Carol Johmann "Shopping for the Oregon Trail"
3rd - 8th Grade |
| 3:00-3:30 |
Jimmy Preller
*Mighty Casey
*Wake Me In Spring
*Hiccups for Elephants
Pre-K - 1st Grade |
N.A. Nelson "VIP Questions"
Questions you always wanted to ask an author, but you didn't know you wanted to ask an author
All Ages |
Jo Knowles 3:00 - 3:30
"A Free Writing Workshop"
Ages 12+ |
"Breaking Through the Publishing Wall: Getting a Book Published"
Michael Delaney, Robin MacCready, Karen Shoemer
Adult Audience
(Non-Graphic) |
Liza Frenette "About the Adirondacks"
Using fiction in a real setting, combining imagination with research, fun facts about the Adirondacks
3rd - 8th Grade |
Sylvie Kantorovitz "An Illustrator at Work " An Illustrator's techniques, then an "assignment" imagined by the audience All Ages |
| 3:30-4:00 |
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